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'''Nathaniel Kang''' (Class of 2022) is a high school [[quizbowl]] player who [[Captain|captains]] [[St. Margaret's|St. Margaret's Episcopal]] in Southern California. He established the SMES program in 2018, as well as the school's history and quizbowl clubs. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years.
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' (Class of 2022) is a high school player who currently [[Captain|captains]] [[St. Margaret's]] in the SoCal circuit. Primarily a history specialist, he established the SMES program in 2018, as well as the school's history and quizbowl clubs. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years but only began playing general QB as a high school freshman.
  
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He is a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015-2018. At the 2018 Middle School National History Bee championships, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but narrowly missed out on reaching the final round (top four) after losing to [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis by 1 tossup. Perhaps his best overall individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], eliminating reigning ACE national champ [[Robert Muniz]] in the semifinals to advance to his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.
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He is a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015-2018. At 2018 middle school nats, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching finals after narrowly losing to [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis. Perhaps his best overall individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], which marked his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.
  
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Up until 2020, he had won a SoCal regional championship in history bee every year since he began playing in 2015. At the 2016 ACE regional finals, after going down 7-3 with 6 tossups remaining, he won a close final against his former classmate at Fairmont Private School, [[Ameya Singh]], by a score of 8-7 following a furious comeback. At 2018 regionals, he cleared the championship round by reaching 8 correct responses in 9 tossups. At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he bested [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by just one point to claim his fifth consecutive bee regional title. In 2020, however, Amogh defeated him at NHBB regionals, and he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player Ryan Sun.
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At 2016 history bee regional finals, he won a close final against [[Ameya Singh]] following a furious comeback. At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he beat [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by one tossup to win bee finals. However, his streak of five consecutive years winning a regional title (2015-2019) in history bee ended in 2020, when he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player [[Ryan Sun]] on C set.
  
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Kang also won two consecutive national championships in the [[trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee, in 2017 (ACE 7th grade division) & 2018 (high school JV, IAC/NHBB).
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Kang also won two consecutive national championships in [[trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee, in 2017 (ACE 7th grade division) & 2018 (NHBB high school JV).
  
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Despite his history experience, Nate only started to play general quizbowl as a freshman, in late 2018.
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He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman.
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He runs cross country and track & field for St. Margaret's, but his favorite sport is baseball.
 
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Kang has studied with and mentored his friend, [[Pegasus School]] player [[Max Razmjoo]], for NHBB.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:22, 22 April 2020

Nathaniel Kang
Noted subjects History, Sports, Literature, Jazz
High school St. Margaret's (2018 - Present)
Middle school Camelot Academy (2017 - 2018)
Grace Classical (2015 - 2017)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang (Class of 2022) is a high school player who currently captains St. Margaret's in the SoCal circuit. Primarily a history specialist, he established the SMES program in 2018, as well as the school's history and quizbowl clubs. He has competed in NHBB competition for six years but only began playing general QB as a high school freshman.

Career

He is a four-time history bee national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015-2018. At 2018 middle school nats, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching finals after narrowly losing to Cooper Roh in the semis. Perhaps his best overall individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 US History Bee, which marked his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.

At 2016 history bee regional finals, he won a close final against Ameya Singh following a furious comeback. At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he beat Amogh Kulkarni by one tossup to win bee finals. However, his streak of five consecutive years winning a regional title (2015-2019) in history bee ended in 2020, when he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player Ryan Sun on C set.

Kang also won two consecutive national championships in Sports & Entertainment Bee, in 2017 (ACE 7th grade division) & 2018 (NHBB high school JV).

He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman.

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